Dominion of Newfoundland

Dominion of Newfoundland was a state in Canada and the Subarctic (North America) that lasted from 1907 to 1949 CE, about 42 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

Britain's oldest North American colony became a dominion in 1907. Bankrupt in the Depression, it gave up self-rule in 1934 and voted narrowly to join Canada in 1949.

See Dominion of Newfoundland on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1907 to 1949 CE

Duration

42 years

Type

State

Region

Canada and the Subarctic, North America

Language family

Germanic

Capital

St. John's

Became

• Canada 1982 CE to the present

Neighbours in North America

• United States 1776 CE to the present
• Dominion of Canada 1867 to 1982 CE
• Danish Greenland 1721 to 1979 CE
• Cherokee Nation 1794 to 1907 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Qing dynasty 1636 to 1912 CE, East Asia
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Russian Empire 1721 to 1917 CE, Europe
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia

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